Contemporary piano trios

I've listened to a lot of these artists, and have been impressed with a lot of them, but after a while some of the names just run together.

I think that Slava almost explained the recommendation about the piano trio.

The definition about the PF contemporary which we have will be perfect. However, I think the words called the contemporary to have possibilities to often make a genre vague.

As a personal opinion. If I interpret contemporary jazz, it thinks that music such as Pete Rugulo and Werner Muller is basic. And I think that I may be OK even if the piano trio to play an active part belongs to post bop recently.

I do not think that a piano trio playing an active part has only contemporary recently. In the past, I think Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea to have done it as a method of the expression. Probably the atmosphere may be handed down to a listener because European jazz is introduced and has begun to be colonized.

My opinion may be wrong.

 

Yes, Vijay Iyer is really one of brightest new generation  contemporary pianist just not so much realated with classic piano trio format. Still his trio albums are between best sub-genre albums I think ( his other works cover more world fusion or   more advanced jazz )